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Planetary Invasion
Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 11, 1984
Recorded1984 at QCA Recording Studios and Fifth Floor Studio, Cincinnati, Ohio
GenreR&B
Length45:12
LabelSOLAR
ProducerReggie Calloway
Midnight Star chronology
No Parking on the Dance Floor
(1983)
Planetary Invasion
(1984)
Headlines
(1986)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [1]

Planetary Invasion is the fifth album released by R&B group Midnight Star. Released in 1984 and produced by group member Reggie Calloway, this album peaked at number seven on the R&B albums chart led by the number-one R&B single "Operator." This single also scored the group their first (and to date, only) top-20 single on the pop charts, peaking at #18 in early 1985.

Track listing

  1. "Body Snatchers" (Reggie Calloway, Vincent Calloway, Melvin Gentry, Bill Simmons, Bo Watson) 6:55
  2. "Scientific Love" (Calloway, Gentry, Kenneth Gant, Belinda Lipscomb, Watson) 6:19
  3. "Let's Celebrate" (Calloway, Jeff Cooper, Gentry, Lipscomb, Bobby Lovelace, Watson) 4:57
  4. "Curious" (Gentry, Lovelace, Watson) 4:19
  5. "Planetary Invasion" (Calloway, Calloway, Lovelace, Simmons, Watson) 6:10
  6. "Operator" (Calloway, Calloway, Lipscomb, Watson) 7:30
  7. "Today My Love" (Calloway, Watson) 4:59
  8. "Can You Stay with Me" (Calloway, Cooper, Lipscomb, Lovelace, Simmons, Watson) 4:03

Charts

Chart (1984) Peak
position
Billboard Pop Albums[2] 32
Billboard Top Soul Albums[2] 7

Singles

Year Single Chart positions[3]
US US
R&B
US
Dance
1984 "Operator" 18 1 15
1985 "Scientific Love" 80 16 19
"Body Snatchers" 31

References

  1. ^ Lytle, Craig. Midnight Star: Planetary Invasion > Review at AllMusic. Retrieved 06 October 2011.
  2. ^ a b "Midnight Star US albums chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2011-10-06.
  3. ^ "Midnight Star US singles chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2011-10-06.